Stazzema
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Stazzema is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Florence and about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lucca.
History
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During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers and the Italian Black Brigades (12 August 1944). A total of 560 people were killed, among them 100 children, one of them only 20 days old. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.
Geography
Stazzema borders the following municipalities: Camaiore, Careggine, Massa, Molazzana, Pescaglia, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli.
Frazioni
Stazzema is composed of 17 hamlets (frazioni):
Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese, Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Sant'Anna, Stazzema, Terrinca, and Volegno.[4] Despite municipal name, the town hall is not located in Stazzema, but in the nearby hamlet of Pontestazzemese.[1]
References
- ^ a b (in Italian) Municipal seat, see town hall address on Stazzema website)
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ (in Italian) Infos about the hamlets of Stazzema (municipal website)
External links
Media related to Stazzema at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Italian) Official website
- (in Italian) Sant'Anna di Stazzema unofficial website
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- Altopascio
- Bagni di Lucca
- Barga
- Borgo a Mozzano
- Camaiore
- Camporgiano
- Capannori
- Careggine
- Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
- Castiglione di Garfagnana
- Coreglia Antelminelli
- Fabbriche di Vergemoli
- Forte dei Marmi
- Fosciandora
- Gallicano
- Lucca
- Massarosa
- Minucciano
- Molazzana
- Montecarlo
- Pescaglia
- Piazza al Serchio
- Pietrasanta
- Pieve Fosciana
- Porcari
- San Romano in Garfagnana
- Seravezza
- Sillano Giuncugnano
- Stazzema
- Vagli Sotto
- Viareggio
- Villa Basilica
- Villa Collemandina
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